Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: The Golden Mile, in reply to Mikaere Curtis,
A station at Aotea Square will do wonders for local retail, methinks.
And Transportblog obliges with a post about exactly that station, including some illustrations. Coverage catchment looks useful.
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Islander,
I still dont think they should have tax breaks
No more than any other registered non-profit charitable organisations, totally. Bringing in capital gains tax would affect the large land holdings of some churches.
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Chris Waugh,
I was reading 'godbotherers' as more active evangelists or proselytisers.
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Deborah,
really well argued, thanks.
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Genuine question, perhaps for the show if it fits: do religions evangelise differently in NZ than elsewhere? How does a culture of tolerance interact with a purpose of persuasion?
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Hard News: The Golden Mile, in reply to Simon Bennett,
and the Ponsonby tram loop is a red herring courtesy of the suburb's MP. Nowhere near the usage base to make it viable compared with buses.
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Hard News: The Golden Mile, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
but Len
He and his organisation were behind the proposal that featured the St James. Government chose SkyCity's bid for our national convention centre instead - let's be clear where the responsibility lies.
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Hard News: The Golden Mile, in reply to Simon Bennett,
tram loop
Buses fine in the meantime. Scale not really right for pedestrians in Queen St though - rather they got through-traffic out of High St and gave pedestrians priority across Victoria, Wellesley etc to link Aotea/education precinct all the way down to waterfront.
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Hard News: The Golden Mile, in reply to JacksonP,
the CBD and inner suburbs was a gift. but I know what you mean elsewhere.
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Hard News: The Golden Mile, in reply to JacksonP,
the Natives
otherwise known as those who donated all the land